From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner I ENTERED UNION Theological Seminary in the fall of 1954. If anyone had told me as little as a year or so earlier that I was going to do such a thing, I would have been no less surprised than if I […]
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From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr Because none of us desire a downward path to growth through imperfection, seek it, or even suspect it, we have to get the message with the authority of a “divine revelation.” So Jesus makes it into a central axiom: the “last”
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From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill One of my favorite stories is that of St. Ignatius. Born in Spain in the early fifteenth century, the young Ignatius was no model of sainthood. Ignatius was pompous and obsessed with desire to win glory on the battlefield. Rejecting his father’s wish
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From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer Where do people find the courage to live divided no more when they know they will be punished for it? The answer I have seen in the lives of people like Rosa Parks is simple: these people have transformed the
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From “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old” by Parker J. Palmer For many years, writing has been one of my ways of collaborating with life. For me, writing is not about filling my head with ideas, then downloading them to the page. That’s not writing; it’s typing. Writing is an unfolding
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From “Shine Your Light: 77 Blessings to Clear Your Energy and Claim Your God-Given Calling” by Kate King Our power How do we embrace our power in a way that Is not power-driven? How can we step into our giftedness Our power Our ability to move And be a conduit for energy Loving energy That
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From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown In addition, many people today actively avoid silence to the point of leaving electronic devices or the television on all day and night. Simply being alone without a smartphone, tablet, or computer feels, to them, like a severe penalty.